Nalis Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Footballwipe said: Must admit I get a bit triggered about people saying Everton could "do a Leicester." Seriously there are so many differences between us 2015/16 and Everton 2020/21. And it's more than just the hundreds of millions spent on the squad. Whilst they absolutely will not, I genuinely wouldn't mind if they did win it tbh, but can they have their own term in the unlikely event they do? Like "Spending hundreds of millions, hiring a world class manager and capitalising on a global pandemic." I'm obviously biased but I doubt any team will truly do a Leicester in my lifetime. Even newly promoted teams spent as much as we do on new players so even, say, Wsst Brom winning the league wouldnt be as big a story as us, mainly because they have a lot of players who played in the premier league with them recently. Even top championship clubs spent a lot relatively speaking. Maybe it would be doing a Leicester if a team like Preston or Bristol City got promoted with their current squads got promoted, spent no more than £50 million on squad improvements over 2 seasons and won the premier league by season 2. Edited 5 October 2020 by Nalis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCFCCHRIS Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 31 minutes ago, Footballwipe said: Must admit I get a bit triggered about people saying Everton could "do a Leicester." Seriously there are so many differences between us 2015/16 and Everton 2020/21. And it's more than just the hundreds of millions spent on the squad. Whilst they absolutely will not, I genuinely wouldn't mind if they did win it tbh, but can they have their own term in the unlikely event they do? Like "Spending hundreds of millions, hiring a world class manager and capitalising on a global pandemic." Agreed. It was seen as a miracle for a reason. Everton winning would be good for them, but not completely shocking like it was for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymsey Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 Reckon the lockdown has made Grealish to focus on himself more professionally, which has clearly benefited him on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchsntf Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 12 hours ago, David Hankey said: Great to see these so-called Big Club's losing and so heavily. Yeah loved it...Leicester getting their cumuppence... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Angus Scott Posted 5 October 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 5 October 2020 2 hours ago, jmono84 said: Just seen the Villa goals and now I understand how they scored 7... they fluked about 5 😂 One of those games where everything goes right for you Agreed but they wouldn't have had the flukes if they hadn't been trying a shot. Something perhaps that we should try a bit more of 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les-TA-Jon Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 Watkins looks great. And most on here gave Villa stick for spending so much on a Championship player, and yet here we are with only 2 new signings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 3 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said: Watkins looks great. And most on here gave Villa stick for spending so much on a Championship player, and yet here we are with only 2 new signings... We have made three signings and one freak of a game doesn't change the fact it was an obscene amount of money spent. Hopefully for Villa he turns out good and their gamble will pay off - but it is a large gamble nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniFox21 Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 1 hour ago, StanSP said: How are they allowed to get away with that then. Pathetic right? If they're proven to have chosen to break the law/rules, then they should be dropped as they did with Foden/Greenwood. FA is too inconsistent with these punishments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 Pretty disgusting from Arsenal this is when they have a player on £300k doing absolutely nothing. What's the guy on, about £18k a year maximum for doing this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RonnieTodger Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 Someone should make a joke about Liverpool breaking COVID rules by letting 7 in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majaco Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 41 minutes ago, Angus Scott said: Agreed but they wouldn't have had the flukes if they hadn't been trying a shot. Something perhaps that we should try a bit more of Rarely did we get the space to shoot against West Ham. They defended properly. A lot of space was gifted by Liverpool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les-TA-Jon Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 29 minutes ago, shen said: We have made three signings and one freak of a game doesn't change the fact it was an obscene amount of money spent. Hopefully for Villa he turns out good and their gamble will pay off - but it is a large gamble nonetheless. We have made 3 signings yes, but I was counting as a net gain of 2 players - Fofana and Under. Castagne is brilliant, but not a net gain for the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twister Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 I'm a souness fan but what did he say about latin football that isnt true look at any madrid derby for evidence of that involving pepe or ramos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 18 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said: We have made 3 signings yes, but I was counting as a net gain of 2 players - Fofana and Under. Castagne is brilliant, but not a net gain for the squad. Well if Castagne turns out better for the team than Chilwell, surely it would be a net gain? Either way, we've got the numbers in the squad - we needed some more quality, which we have hopefully got. Arguably we just need a new striker, but that would probably require either Perez or Nacho to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 A moment to appreciate that, to my memory, Kasper has never been like this Where the fvck is Adrian going?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue blood Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 10 minutes ago, StanSP said: A moment to appreciate that, to my memory, Kasper has never been like this Where the fvck is Adrian going?! more to the point how the fook did he miss?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheLeagueFox Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 1 hour ago, Les-TA-Jon said: Watkins looks great. And most on here gave Villa stick for spending so much on a Championship player, and yet here we are with only 2 new signings... 1 hour ago, shen said: We have made three signings and one freak of a game doesn't change the fact it was an obscene amount of money spent. Hopefully for Villa he turns out good and their gamble will pay off - but it is a large gamble nonetheless. A PL club spending £20m for a prolific Championship striker is not even close to a large gamble in the current era. Bowen in January and Watkins this summer were two players we should've gone for. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 1 hour ago, UniFox21 said: Pathetic right? If they're proven to have chosen to break the law/rules, then they should be dropped as they did with Foden/Greenwood. FA is too inconsistent with these punishments Clear difference to Foden/Greenwood and Tammy/Chilwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hankey Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 1 hour ago, fuchsntf said: Yeah loved it...Leicester getting their cumuppence... 0-3 isn't so heavy. Now 1-6 and 7-2 that's a massive thumping!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtmcfly Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 1 hour ago, Les-TA-Jon said: Watkins looks great. And most on here gave Villa stick for spending so much on a Championship player, and yet here we are with only 2 new signings... Bit of a struggle this one. Aside from the fact (as already pointed out) we made three signings, does Watkins somehow count as more than one? That question aside, surely spending 30 million on a 19 year old with half a season's worth of first team games is sufficiently saucy for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniFox21 Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 36 minutes ago, AKCJ said: Clear difference to Foden/Greenwood and Tammy/Chilwell. Difference in rules broken, but still punished. Sterling had a scrap in camp and was dropped. Maguire broke the law in Greece and was dropped. These 3 have broken rules designed for safety that we all have to apply to. FA are inconsistent with how punishments are applied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFS Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 Everton being talked up as ‘doing a Leicester’ is wrong in so many ways. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shen Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 1 hour ago, blue blood said: more to the point how the fook did he miss?! Wasn't exactly an easy finish. He's on the stretch and catches it with the outside of his boot on the volley. It's not like it's a tap in from close range which my grandmother could score. 54 minutes ago, UpTheLeagueFox said: A PL club spending £20m for a prolific Championship striker is not even close to a large gamble in the current era. Bowen in January and Watkins this summer were two players we should've gone for. I disagree. In an uncertain financial climate, notably caused by this pandemic, £28 mil is quite a huge gamble for a player who's only had a single prolific season in a lower tier league and turns 25(!) in two months. Bowen is a different case and more similar to Maddison really. Maybe we were in for him (there were rumours), but we cannot expect to land every player we target, especially if there is stern competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torten Posted 5 October 2020 Share Posted 5 October 2020 22 minutes ago, KFS said: Everton being talked up as ‘doing a Leicester’ is wrong in so many ways. Why? Do you not remember in summer 2015 when we signed a Real Madrid galactico? That being said we did sign a combative Napoli midfielder 👀. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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